Bratislava,
Slovakia - 10th October 2004

Preliminary
Programme

Symposium
Organisers

Working Group
1: 'Policy issues in the implementation of sustainable land use'

Working Group
2: 'Sustainable Farm-Scale Management'

Working Group
3: 'Catchment integration of On- and Off-site effects'

Objectives
and scope

The
main objective of the Action is to develop an integrated understanding
of on- and off-site impacts of soil erosion at the catchment scale. This
requires the development of tools as well as methodologies to support
decision making for the sustainable management of erosion-sensitive areas
at the farm level, including the implementation of soil protection measures.

This
sets out the broad aims for participants of the action, but the particular
objective of our first meeting is to define the particular focus of our
meetings over the next four years, and the themes of the publications
that we expect to follow from them. COST supports attendance at meetings,
and not research directly, but provides a forum to network with potential
partners across Europe, and so can prove a springboard to research applications.

The
1st day of the meeting concerns the 'Policy issues in the implementation
of sustainable land use', through national contributions. The objective
is to give an overview on conservation policy and practice (i.e.
what is happening in the diffrent countries). The 2nd
and the 3rd day will be devoted to discussions in Working Groups,
introduced by Key Note papers, and plenary session.

Participants
will have the possibility to present posters or other documents. If you
would like to make a brief (5 minute) contribution to the discussion of
our future priorities, please inform Anne-Véronique Auzet and your
national COST634 representative. There is support for a number of delegates
(maximum 4 per country) to the conference

Registration

Registration
fee is 100 € before August 30th, and 110 € after.
It includes meals (ice-breaker reception, breakfast, lunch and diner on
8.-9th October and breakfast and lunch on the 10th October,
two refreshment breaks per a day during the meeting on October 8 -10 as
well as a notebook and a pen).

Please
transfer the amount to the following bank account before August 30th:

Account
Name:

Vyskumny
ustav podoznalectva a ochrany pody

Account
No.:

38931-062/0200

Bank Code:

0200

Bank Name
& Address:

Vseobecna
uverova banka a.s., Branch Ruzinov, Jasikova 8,

827 61 Bratislava,
Slovak Republic

SWIFT Code:

SUBASKBX

IBAN:

SK07 0200 0000 0000 3893 1062

Accommodation

60
double rooms are preliminary reserved in Congress hotel SUZA. Price
per double room is around 30 EUR+ 0,4 € per day as payment to local
municipality. Breakfast is not included in theroom price - therefore it will be included into the registration
fee.

Individual
reservations must be realised before September (because possible penalties
for non occupied booked rooms executed by SSCRI in June).